Sustainable Farming Incentive
(asked on 13th February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the total SFI agreement uptake has been per quarter since the beginning of the launch of the 2021 pilot scheme.
The table below shows the number of Sustainable Farming Incentive agreements accepted and started per quarter since the scheme’s launch in 2021. To note that farmers can have more than one SFI Agreement. The application window was paused across Spring and early Summer in 2022.
Quarter | Number of Agreements |
Oct 21 to Dec 21 | 515 |
Jan 22 to Mar 22 | 340 |
Apr 22 to Jun 22 | 20 |
Jul 22 to Sep 22 | 6 |
Oct 22 to Dec 22 | 1144 |
Jan 23 to Mar 23 | 910 |
Apr 23 to Jun 23 | 641 |
Jul 23 to Sep 23 | 609 |
Oct 23 to Dec 23 | 4044 |
Jan 24 to Mar 24 | 9915 |
Apr 24 to Jun 24 | 9391 |
Jul 24 to Sep 24 | 2875 |
Oct 24 to Dec 24 | 6122 |
Jan 25 to Mar 25 | 4358 |
Total | 40,890 |